Auto Industry News

April Automotive Sales Highlights

The sales numbers for April 2010 are out, and they’re pretty positive across the board. Hell, even Chrysler managed a sales increase. Yes, you read that correctly. No, I didn’t mean Toyota. I meant Chrysler. You know, those cats that make the Sebring. They had a sales increase. Really. April’s top dogs: Chrysler: Up 61% [...]

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March 2010 Sales – Fantastic

Nearly across the board, March 2010 was an excellent month to be selling cars. All major companies (with the notable exception of Chrysler) posted a sales gain for the month – though a few brands still managed to stink it up. Here are a couple of the big winners: Buick: Up 76% – It would [...]

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Sales Recap: November 2009

The great ( or not so great, depending on your point of view ) month of November, two thousand and nine is behind us. Another month of car sales, with some high points, and some low points. So, who came out a winner, and who came out a loser? Check out some highlights: November 2009 [...]

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Hyundai’s New Rep

Hyundai’s New Rep Ever since the launch of the anticipated Genesis, Hyundai has been stepping up to the plate. The Genesis sedan took it’s first North America Car of the year award for 2009. After judged by 50 full time automotive experts who have critically analyze each and every car from the market, with months [...]

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June Sales Numbers

As usual, I won’t bore you with every single detail on how June’s auto sales went. Instead, I’ll touch on some of the best, and some of the worst. If you don’t see it here, then you can safely assume that brand falls somewhere in between. To start off with, let’s take a look at [...]

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May Sales Highlights

May of two thousand and nine has come and come – leaving some interesting developments in its wake.  On the sales front, there are some big surprises on who did well, and who did, well, not so well.  First let’s take a look at the Biggest Losers: Suzuki: –75% Saab: –63% Mitsubishi: –58% Saturn: –55% [...]

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April Auto Sales Lowlights

Shouldn’t that be highlights, you ask?  No, it most certainly should not, when you notice that every single major automaker suffered a drop in sales in April.  There’s no “best” and “worst” here.  Just Bad, worse, and worst.  So, who did just “bad” in April?  Let’s take a look-see. Bad Brands Subaru –6.69% : All [...]

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January 2009 Auto Sales Numbers

January’s dismal numbers have been posted in detail elsewhere, but I wanted to hit on a couple of the highlights. First the good news (  you remember what good news is, don’t you? ): Hyundai +14% Kia +3.5% Subaru +8% Go Hyundai, bucking the trend.  A 14% jump is strong during the good times, and [...]

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